I have a Denon X4000. I must be doing it wrong or missing a step. I go to audio, sub woofer lever and change level 1 and level 2. Then when I switch input and check, the levels have changed there as well...

Yesterday I installed the first sound system in my life. I got myself a nice pair of Klipsch RF 62 IIs and a Denon X2000 Reciever. Unfortunately I am having issues with the reciever I don't have a TV, so my intent was to use the Denon paired with my iPad, to mainly listen to spotify /internet radio. The issues I am having:
1) When I launch the Denon app on my iPad, it says "connection lost" every 1-2 minutes, then needs to reconnect;
2) I tried playing music from Spotify Premium using AirPlay. Sometimes it plays 5 songs in a row, sometimes it just disconnects Only thing that helped is to turn on/off the Denon and restarting the iPad a few times, then it Works, sometimes drops after a few songs again.

How can I address this issue? Is my router bad and I should get a new one (if yes, tell me which model / brand to go for please)? The Denon is connected with a wire directly to the router. I didn't have Any network issues before on none of my 2 phones, 2 tablets, 3 PCs, all wireless.
Thanks in advance for the replies,
Arturs

I have a Denon X4000. I must be doing it wrong or missing a step. I go to audio, sub woofer lever and change level 1 and level 2. Then when I switch input and check, the levels have changed there as well...

I think JD must be confused or thinking of the newer models which have changed the way ch level adjustments work. The 2013 models (like nearly all Denons historically) memorize channel level adjustments based on surround mode "family". So you can have a different setting for Stereo vs Dolby/DTS Multich modes.

I have the exact same thing with my X4000. Match 2 subs to 75db and after calibration, the subs are set to -6.5 and -7.0. When I go to the speaker levels, it is very low, however, when you crank up the level, I can here them. When I watch a Blu-Ray movie with HD audio, there is plenty of base. When I watch network TV with plain DD 5.1 I always want to turn up the base. I wish there was an easy way to turn the base up and down.

What volume level do you use when you watch BluRay? And network TV DD 5.1? Is it the same with a DVD DD 5.1?

The issues I am having:
1) When I launch the Denon app on my iPad, it says "connection lost" every 1-2 minutes, then needs to reconnect;

I didn't have Any network issues before on none of my 2 phones, 2 tablets, 3 PCs, all wireless.
Thanks in advance for the replies,
Arturs

If all the other wireless gear is stable, I would drill down in the "Settings" menu of the iPad all the way to "Reset Network" and do that. We have run across 3 or 4 iPads whose network configuration needs to be reset every now and then.

yes, I will look into this. One interesting thing is that SVS recommends to leave the Audyssey levels (i.e. at -6) and instead adjust the volume at the sub.

It actually doesn't matter where you make the adjustment as long as you don't go much above 0db (to avoid clipping); however, unless there is a digital gain on the sub, it's much easier to make the adjustment using the digital setting on the AVR so you know exactly how much has been adjusted as well as so you can more easily return to the original setting which would be much more difficult using an analog gain knob on the sub.

I think JD must be confused or thinking of the newer models which have changed the way ch level adjustments work. The 2013 models (like nearly all Denons historically) memorize channel level adjustments based on surround mode "family". So you can have a different setting for Stereo vs Dolby/DTS Multich modes.

Oops! Yup ... got me. Paying attention to wrong series. However the OP can still take advantage of separate subwoofer settings in some situations.

I have a Denon X4000. I must be doing it wrong or missing a step. I go to audio, sub woofer lever and change level 1 and level 2. Then when I switch input and check, the levels have changed there as well...

Keep in mind by setting per surround mode, you can set the one source (eg. BDP) to PCM vice bitstream and another surround mode is introduced.

^^
Not all BDs default to the HD audio track so if you're only seeing DD or DTS, more than likely you need to select the HD audio track on the BD. You generally will not want to use PURE or DIRECT as doing so will disengage Audyssey and bass management.

I wish that were the case but unfortunately it's not. I have been going to Audio in the blu-ray menu to select the HD track but so far they have been defaulting to HD, I've also cycled through the audio tracks using the remote while the blu-ray is playing and still only showing DTS or Dolby D.

Take for instance right now I'm watching FOTR blu-ray, which according to my player is playing audio track 1: ENGLISH DTS-HD Master Audio ES 6.1 Discrete 6.1ch 48kHz ~4.4-4.9Mbps but my receiver is only showing DTS.

Push the info button on the Denon remote and see what it's reporting as the input signal. The receiver can only play what it gets so if it says it's receiving standard DTS and not DTS-MA then that's what it's getting, and the problem is likely upstream in the player.

Awesome that seems to have done it, thanks. I threw in Dark Knight Rises and now my receiver is showing DTS-HD MA, time to try a TrueHD blu-ray.

Thanks again for the help.

Great. It blows my mind that Sony's default setting kills HD audio, but it's been that way as long as I can remember. I have had to change that setting on every Sony I've had since the dawn of blu-ray.

I tried using zone 2 out and switched everything in the menu like you said and that went fine but no audio was coming through. So, I connected the receiver directly to the cable box and that worked. I also tried turning zone 2 off and on using the remote but that didn't help.

If all the other wireless gear is stable, I would drill down in the "Settings" menu of the iPad all the way to "Reset Network" and do that. We have run across 3 or 4 iPads whose network configuration needs to be reset every now and then.

--Dan in St. Louis

Hi Dan, thanks for the reply. I reset the settings on the iPad, same thing.
Also I tried playing internet radio this morning, and about 10-15minutes in it froze and the reciever said "connecting" again. I tried spotify through airplay, it played around half a song and then stopped

The network output is 150mbps, with pings of around 25 usually, so i doubt its the network. So my guess its either the router (doubt it, it usually can stream pretty much everything with no hickups to PCs), or the X2000. So, Any idea on how can I check if the reciever is glitching?

I tried using zone 2 out and switched everything in the menu like you said and that went fine but no audio was coming through. So, I connected the receiver directly to the cable box and that worked. I also tried turning zone 2 off and on using the remote but that didn't help.

Is my Denon busted?

Not sure why it would not work if you have the setting correct, although you can also simply connect a set of analog cables from the cable box to the AVR using the same source name as is used by the HDMI cable and that will work as well.

Just a quick thank you to the frequent posters in here, last night the USB port on my avr-x2000 quit working. Did a soft reset as has been suggested dozens of times in here and it worked right away. Back in business!

Has anyone discovered a magic link for our bookmarks and tool bars that takes us to our "last read message"?

Thanks!

--Dan in St. Louis

I typically click on the permalink post number at the upper right-hand corner of the last post I've read in a thread that I want bookmarked (e.g., for this post, it's "post #7915 of 7915), then save/overwrite that URL to the folder where I'm keeping that particular bookmark. It requires a couple of steps but keeps all my AVSForum thread bookmarks current.

Yesterday I installed the first sound system in my life. I got myself a nice pair of Klipsch RF 62 IIs and a Denon X2000 Reciever. Unfortunately I am having issues with the reciever I don't have a TV, so my intent was to use the Denon paired with my iPad, to mainly listen to spotify /internet radio. The issues I am having:
1) When I launch the Denon app on my iPad, it says "connection lost" every 1-2 minutes, then needs to reconnect;
2) I tried playing music from Spotify Premium using AirPlay. Sometimes it plays 5 songs in a row, sometimes it just disconnects Only thing that helped is to turn on/off the Denon and restarting the iPad a few times, then it Works, sometimes drops after a few songs again.

How can I address this issue? Is my router bad and I should get a new one (if yes, tell me which model / brand to go for please)? The Denon is connected with a wire directly to the router. I didn't have Any network issues before on none of my 2 phones, 2 tablets, 3 PCs, all wireless.
Thanks in advance for the replies,
Arturs

I recently got a Denon X2000 and we use iPhones and iPads to Airplay Spotify. We are using the official Spotify app, not the Denon version.

I have had very limited drops of a sound for a second or two once in a great while. I would say that is probably best case scenario where I am depending on the wireless connection to the iPhone (I assume). I am hardlined to a switch that is hardlined to another switch that connects to my Airport Extreme that is connected to my cable modem.

I don't have issues streaming video files at 40-50MB/s so I don't expect Spotify would choke up the path.

What volume level do you use when you watch BluRay? And network TV DD 5.1? Is it the same with a DVD DD 5.1?

How about Audyssey Dynamiq EQ digital loudness, do you use that?

Not all content is mixed at reference level.

There is no set level for me. I usually set it loud but not too loud, in the -20 to -10db range. I have Audyssey Dynamic EQ always on. It seems to work well. I have tried different reference levels, but as you say not all content is mixed at reference level so I gave up on that and left it at 0db. I think Dynamic Volume is terrible and always leave it off. It changes the balance of the surrounds too much. However, I did find something. I have a Harmony 520, and in one of the pages of the X4000 device, there are base up/base down buttons. I am almost there. It only controls sub #1 . In the levels setting there is a sub 1 level, sub 2 level and a both subs level control. Now, all I have to do is find/request a "both subs level" ( if it exists ) mod on the harmony.

Not sure why it would not work if you have the setting correct, although you can also simply connect a set of analog cables from the cable box to the AVR using the same source name as is used by the HDMI cable and that will work as well.

I havvent run any firmware updates on the Denon X4000....its factory software soo far. Could this be why?